Elbert Green Hubbard

American writer, publisher, and artist, figure of the Arts and Crafts movement

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About

Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, publisher, and artist, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, in 1895, he developed a publishing press and workshops for furniture, metalwork, and stained glass. His essay 'A Message to Garcia' (1899) achieved great success. He also published the 'Little Journeys' series and the magazines 'The Philistine' and 'The Fra'. He perished in the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.

* 1856-06-19 — † 1915-05-07

Major works

  • A Message to Garcia (1899)essay
  • Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great (1894-1915)biographical series
  • The Philistine (1895)magazine
  • The Fra (1908)magazine

Key milestones

  • 1895Founded the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York.
  • 1899Published the essay 'A Message to Garcia', which became widely reprinted.
  • 1915Died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, off the Irish coast.

Themes

initiative and perseverancecraftsmanship and manual laborArts and Crafts movementbiography and historyindependent publishing

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